Pay & Benefits

House appropriators approve 3.9 percent civilian pay raise

Figure is equal to the raise recently approved by the House for military service members.

Defense

Defense’s largest construction project still behind schedule, over budget

The military community center being built at Ramstein Air Base in Germany is struggling with construction and management problems.

Oversight

From Nextgov: NOAA awards contract to manage huge stores of environmental data

Goal is to make it easier for researchers to search the petabytes of weather information the agency collects.

Defense

Panel OKs expansion, more funds for 'predisaster' grants

According to FEMA, the program has distributed $500 million in grants for nearly 1,500 projects.

Defense

GAO releases detailed report on Boeing's tanker protest

Air Force has 60 days to review the report and decide whether to re-open the competition.

Defense

Committee approves $72.7B military construction spending bill

Bill includes $47.7 billion in discretionary spending for Veterans Affairs Department, nearly $3 billion more than the president's request.

Pay & Benefits

House panel solicits suggestions on increasing diversity in federal workforce

Top-level involvement and hard data are crucial to ensuring inclusion, say industry and agency leaders.

Oversight

GSA's Williams named to head agency

Current head of Federal Acquisition Service earns nod from White House to take over.

Defense

Lawmakers slam State, Defense officials for not sharing information on weapons dealer

Indicted contractor was on a State Department watch list and had defaulted on Defense contracts before being awarded $300 million Army munitions contract.

Management

Do As You Say

The Air Force unintentionally reminds federal managers to follow the rules.

News

Acquisition Pro Goes Private

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News

Black Outreach at the Border Patrol

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Defense

Groups to warn panel about economic effect of seizing laptops

Customs’ practice of confiscating electronic devices and downloading data would have chilling effect on business travel, interest groups plan to testify.

Defense

From Nextgov.com: Military plans to implement patient-controlled electronic health records

System could be in place by the end of the year.

Oversight

Congress likely to approve six-month FAA extension

A full FAA reauthorization effort is expected next year.

Defense

House appropriators approve DHS spending bill

Bill would boost funding for state and local homeland security grant programs by $2 billion more than administration requested.

Pay & Benefits

IRS makes mid-year adjustment to mileage reimbursement rate

Federal employees could receive an 8-cent bump in reimbursement for driving personal vehicles for work.

Oversight

Generation Gap

Obama is losing white voters born between 1944 and 1958 --pretty much the lion's share of the Baby Boomers -- by 18 percentage points.

News

High Water Mark For FEMA

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Oversight

From Nextgov.com: Verizon nabs Postal Service Networx contract

Deal worth $16.4 million is another sign business is picking up on huge telecom agreement .